The following are useful sites to facilitate professional growth and development.

Note: If you go to the first 4 sites, I am listed as lauranicosia.

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Diigo
Flickr
Twitter
Book Talk Ideas
New Jersey Council of Teachers of English (NJCTE)
New Jersey Reading Association (NJRA)
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN)
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL)
www.newseum.org
http://www.newlits.org/index.php?title=Main_Page (My chapter is in this collection, along with one by James Paul Gee).
Classroom Habitudes by Angela Maiers
http://21stcenturyconcepts.wikispaces.com/1000s+of+Free+Internet+Resources